T7 RNA Polymerase

Progress in Nucleic Acid Research and Molecular Biology

Volumn 73, Issue , 2003, Pages 1-41

  Sousa, Rui ^a   Mukherjee, Srabani ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

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EID: 0842264624     PISSN: 00796603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6603(03)01001-8     Document Type: Article

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